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Branas Uchaf chambered cairn

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 100831
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Llandrillo
Unitary authority : Denbighshire
NGR : SJ01123752
Site Type (preferred type first) : NEOLITHIC CHAMBERED TOMB
Status : scheduled monument

Description :
A chambered round cairn damaged by ploughing. The top has been reduced to reveal a central chamber with two uprights in situ. The capstone seems not to have survived.

The body of the cairn is composed of earth and stones and has been ploughed so that 6-10ft of its outer circumference has been levelled reducing shape to an oval. Top of mound now 5ft above surround and considerable quantity of material has been removed exposing a megalithic chamber centrally placed, of which only two uprights remain in position. These stand about 4 and 5ft above present surface and are set end to end, slightly overlapping along W side of chamber. Other visible stones may have formed part of a circle within the body of the cairn. No evidence of capstone. (Bowen and Gresham, 1967)

Visit 31/3/99 Very distinct mound with remains of chambered tomb central. 4 edge set stones, the largest of which is 1.6m high x 2.2m long and 0.5m wide. Single edge set stone on lip of slope to W of centre. 4 trees on S and W sides. No possible capstone visible in area. (CPAT, 1999)


Sources :
Burnham, H., 1995 , A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales: Clwyd and Powys
Cadw , 1995 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - Me070(DEN)
Cadw , 2003 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - Me070(DEN)
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1999 , Site visit record - PRN 100831 ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 2002 , CPAT Project Archive - 715
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 2004 , Photographic record - Film 1766-425
GAT , 1995 , Photograph of Branas Uchaf chambered cairn
Jones, N W , 1999 , Prehistoric Funerary & Ritual Sites: Denbighshire and East Conwy ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Ordnance Survey , 1974 , OS record card SJ 03 NW 2

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Compiled date : 31-12-1986


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March 30, 2025, 4:20 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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